Monday, April 17, 2023

NTT IndyCar Series 2023 - Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

The streets of Long Beach became a battleground for the biggest race events of the weekends; IndyCar and IMSA. Let's focus more on the IndyCar side of Long Beach as this race showcased the biggest upset no one saw it coming.

As the green flag waved, IndyCar's street racing action at Long Beach is on with Helio Castroneves the first to throw in the towel following an incident at the start. As the race resumes, Scott Dixon's involved in an incident followed by Pato O'Ward. Halfway through the race, rookie Agustin Canapino is out of the race followed by Scott Dixon.

Screengrab from IndyCar

After an intense street racing action at Long Beach, Kyle Kirkwood delivered the biggest upset in IndyCar history as he claimed his first career win. Romain Grosjean finished 2nd and Marcus Ericsson finished 3rd.

After Long Beach, Ericsson leads with 110 points while Pato O'Ward's in 2nd with 95 points, and Alex Palou's in third with 91 points.

The next race is at Barber Motorsports Park for the Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix this April 30th.

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